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Pope praises Focolare's charism of unity and peace, calls for transparency, respect for conscience (CWN)
Posted on 03/23/2026 02:03 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Pope Leo XIV received participants in the Focolare Movement‘s general assembly and praised the movement for its charism of unity and peace.
Vatican newspaper warns of worldwide water crisis (CWN)
Posted on 03/23/2026 02:03 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
The Vatican newspaper warned that “globally, a threshold of natural resource exploitation has now been crossed—one sufficient to trigger ‘a global water bankruptcy.’“
Nigerian archbishop calls on President Trump to give nation weapons to combat Islamist terrorism (ACI Africa)
Posted on 03/23/2026 02:03 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“That incident, coupled with Donald Trump’s words, has greatly inflamed the passions of the Islamists,” Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama said during a briefing in Madrid. “The number of attacks, the number of kidnappings carried out by Boko Haram and other groups, has been rising ever since.”
“So we say to Donald Trump: give us intelligence reports, give us weapons, collaborate with our government, and then find a way to eradicate all these military groups,” Archbishop Kaigama added.
Mar. 23 Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent; Opt. Mem. of St. Turibius of Mogrovejo, Bishop, Opt. Mem.
Posted on 03/23/2026 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)
Church Leaders in India Slam Government’s Dismissal of Religious Freedom Report
Posted on 03/22/2026 14:45 PM (The Daily Register)
Relics Believed to Be St. Joseph’s Cloak, Belt and Staff Are Venerated Today
Posted on 03/22/2026 14:38 PM (The Daily Register)
Pope Leo renews Middle East peace appeal: 'We cannot remain silent' (CWN)
Posted on 03/22/2026 02:03 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
At the conclusion of his midday Angelus address today, Pope Leo XIV renewed his appeal for peace in the Middle East.
Relive the events of the Passion and come out of your tombs like Lazarus, Pope tells pilgrims (CWN)
Posted on 03/22/2026 02:03 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Pope Leo XIV reflected on the raising of Lazarus, recounted in the Gospel reading of the Fifth Sunday of Lent (John 11:1-45), as he addressed pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for today’s midday Angelus address (video).
Mar. 22 Fifth Sunday of Lent, Sunday
Posted on 03/22/2026 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)